I am pleased to inform you that The United States of America has reached a signed agreement with Mexico. The Tariffs scheduled to be implemented by the U.S. on Monday, against Mexico, are hereby indefinitely suspended. Mexico, in turn, has agreed to take strong measures to….
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 8, 2019
….stem the tide of Migration through Mexico, and to our Southern Border. This is being done to greatly reduce, or eliminate, Illegal Immigration coming from Mexico and into the United States. Details of the agreement will be released shortly by the State Department. Thank you!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 8, 2019
We reported the other day that:
1. Mexico had already sent troops to the border with Guatemala to help stem the flow.
2. That they had pulled the assets from the human traffickers.
3. And that they were considering changing the asylum rules so people would stay in the first country they got to for asylum, meaning Mexico or Guatemala, for most of the Central Americans which are the biggest inflow at the moment.
That would be phenomenal.
Update:
Here’s more detail:
BREAKING: State Department releases the following statement outlining the agreement between the U.S. and Mexico pic.twitter.com/A7ClqATF3A
— Ryan Saavedra (@RealSaavedra) June 8, 2019